Ready to take the plunge ... Need input, please

[billysmom]

I'm ready to buy my first bbag! I'd like it to be a red City. Which red, in your collective opinions, is the best to start with? (I consider red to be my basic, go-with-everything color.)

 

[yayaflower]

Rouge vif is very popular with PFers. I like 05 rouge and 05 bourdeaux too.

 

[pixiechic]

Great choice - both the city and the red. I have the box in rouge vif and absolutely love the color. Not orangey, not pinkish, not burgundy - just a great juicy red!

 

[aerin]

I love the 05 bordeaux and 05 red (from fall), but if you can't find those years, the rouge vif or grenat are really nice .

 

[billysmom]

I've heard wonderful things about the '05 leather. I'd love to find it in red!

 

[Deco]

I'm carrying a Rouge Vif Purse today, and just now my 05 Rouge Theater Day arrived. I can see the two reds side by side, and they are both breathtaking . The 05 Rouge Theater is darker/deeper and looks a little more neutral (with an attitude!!) than the 06 Rouge Vif. The Rouge Vif really POPS!! You can't possibly go wrong with either. I love them both, each in a different way.

 

[yayaflower]

I'm carrying a Rouge Vif Purse today, and just now my 05 Rouge Theater Day arrived. I can see the two reds side by side, and they are both breathtaking . The 05 Rouge Theater is darker/deeper and looks a little more neutral (with an attitude!!) than the 06 Rouge Vif. The Rouge Vif really POPS!! You can't possibly go wrong with either. I love them both, each in a different way.

Deco, can you please post a pic of your rouge vif and rouge theater side by side ...

 

[Deco]

Deco, can you please post a pic of your rouge vif and rouge theater side by side ...

ok, will post tonight from home.

 

[MRG]

The '06 Grenat is really pretty!

 

[mintpearl]

I personally love the new 07 red-- VERMILLION! I think it looks better considering my skin tone, etc... so if possible try to see one or the other in real life against yourself... Rouge Vif is beautful but just a bit too strawberry red for me, which is what others love about it! I always liked the more orangey reds-- and the Vermillion is as someone described it, a tomato red.

 

[billysmom]

Actually, the "bluer" reds and paler reds go better with my coloring and wardrobe. (Wardrobes can change, but not my pink skin/blue eyes/blond hair.) So it's between the rouge theatre, grenat and the VIF, I think....

 

[Deco]

Actually, the "bluer" reds and paler reds go better with my coloring and wardrobe. (Wardrobes can change, but not my pink skin/blue eyes/blond hair.) So it's between the rouge theatre, grenat and the VIF, I think....

If you're looking for bluer, then go with rouge theater or 05 bordeaux. I see no hint of blue in rouge vif, and grenat is a warmer, more brown red.